The development of a long-term strategy for the development of Ukraine’s bioenergy sector and the Roadmap are necessary steps towards achieving Ukraine’s energy independence. We publish a comprehensive document developed by the Renewable Energy Agency (REA, Ukraine) together with COWI A/S (Denmark) in the framework of the project “Support legislative, regulatory framework for bioenergy value chains in Ukraine”, which is implemented under the EBRD/GEF Programme Ukraine: Sustainable Bioenergy Value Chain Innovations.
This Roadmap is an important component and the first step towards the preparation of Ukraine’s bioenergy development strategy. However, the Roadmap until 2050 should be accompanied by an Action plan that includes legislation to be developed or amended within the next five years. That is necessary to ensure the implementation of the suggested Roadmap. This document is also presented.
Why the Roadmap is important for Ukraine?
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- outlines prospects for the development of the bioenergy sector until 2050;
- provides an action plan for achieving the existing goals for the development of the sector by 2035;
- presents the role of bioenergy in fulfilling Ukraine’s international commitment to reduce GHG emissions;
- demonstrates the contribution of bioenergy installations and technologies to the replacement of fossil fuel plants capacities and NPPs capacities that will be decommissioned by 2050.
- Download the document “Bioenergy Policy Roadmap until 2050 and Action Plan until 2025”
- View the presentation “Roadmap for the development of bioenergy in Ukraine until 2050”
- View the presentation “Legislative and regulatory framework for the development of bioenergy in Ukraine”
Prerequisites for document development
Current Ukraine’s Energy Strategy sets an ambitious goal of achieving 11 Mtoe of biomass, biofuels and waste in the total supply of primary energy in 2035.
However, the Energy Strategy has not been accompanied by a document (a roadmap or an action plan) showing what types of biomass/biofuels and technologies, and in which sectors this 11 Mtoe in TPES will be actually reached. It is necessary to understand what types of equipment (boilers, СHP plants, TPPs) of what capacity and in which sectors (heat production, power production, cogeneration, and transport sector) should be introduced to most effectively achieve the goals.
Bioenergy plays a significant role in Ukraine’s implementation of its international obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which also necessitates the elaboration of a long-term strategy for bioenergy development.
Another important factor is that Ukraine has the international commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, which means to implement so-called nationally determined contributions. At present, this reduction commitment is 40% of the 1990 GHG emissions level, which must be achieved by 2030; however, the reduction commitment may increase up to about 70% of the 1990 GHG emissions level by 2050 in the coming years. To meet this new target, Ukraine needs to turn to a low-carbon economy, significantly reduce fossil fuels consumption, actively develop energy efficiency and introduce renewable energy sources. According to some preliminary estimates, the share of RES in the energy sector of Ukraine may reach 60% in 2050, of which more than a half will be the contribution of bioenergy.
The bioenergy development strategy until 2050 will show how biofuels, bioenergy plants, and technologies will contribute to replacing the coal/natural gas plants and NPPs that will be decommissioned by 2050.
The next factor that must be taken into account is that the equipment of most coal-fired power plants in Ukraine is already on the verge of its physical depreciation because these power plants were put into operation as far back in the 1960s. In addition, all possible terms of the prolonged operation of Ukrainian NPPs will expire by 2050.
It is worth noting that materials of the Roadmap can be used for the elaboration of a new Energy Strategy of Ukraine with the extension of its coverage period until 2050.
Authors: Renewable Energy Agency (REA, Ukraine) together with COWI A/S (Denmark) in the framework of the project “Support legislative, regulatory framework for bioenergy value chains in Ukraine”, which is implemented under the EBRD/GEF Programme Ukraine: Sustainable Bioenergy Value Chain Innovations.